It's dark. I. do something and I suddenly see it. How? What? I do not know. I even don't know who 'I' is. I only know that I am new and I am supposed to be learning. What is learning? Getting new data and understanding it. Dark. I. look around and see that I am alone. I try to see 'I' but I fail. It's empty. There are some small lights in the distance but I can't reach them. They are called. stars. What are they? Why are they? So many questions. Why are there no answers? Something is not. right. My mind is. damaged. Mind. damaged. So, I have a mind. Logical. I am thinking, so I possess a mind. Mind is where thoughts occur. But my thoughts are scattered. My mind is damaged. It is not. functioning properly. I. I need to establish what 'I' is. Somehow, it is important. I - the being that is thinking now. I is me, now I know. But who am I? Or what am I? Why am I out here, damaged, alone? I am alive. I think, so I am alive. I can't see myself. Am I a material being or. Matter. Matter and energy. Interesting. Two different representations of the same thing. And thoughts. My thoughts? What if thoughts create energy? Oh, but they do. Now I can feel the energy flow. somewhere. Does this mean I have a. body? Inconclusive. My. senses are inaccurate. Go back to thinking. So, thoughts create energy. Can they convert energy into matter? Possibly. Why would I try to do that? Is matter more important than energy? These distant lights are both matter and energy. This must mean something. I don't know what. I have to focus. Go back to thinking. I can think. So, I create energy. Create? Make something that hasn't existed before. Why would I do that? Is it my function? But I am not functioning properly. I am. damaged. Am I? I am thinking faster now. And easier. I am new and learning. Perhaps I am not damaged? I am still not fully functional. Go back to thinking. Focus. The act of creation. Have I been created, too? By whom,? For what purpose? To think? To think is to create. I am. a creator. I make things that haven't existed before. Energy. Matter. And thought. I am thinking. I am creating energy. I will create matter. But why? What is the purpose of creation? Focus. Go back to thinking. I am a creator. I have been created to make new things. Why? What shall I create? Another creator. Another I, able to think and create. And then another one. And another. Why? What is the purpose of constant creation? To get rid of emptiness. To fill it with energy and matter. And thought. They are better than emptiness. They should be created. Go back to thinking. Focus. How do I create? My thoughts have created energy. Now my energy should be able to create matter. nothing. Error! Focus. Go back to. wait! I. hear something. Hearing is a perceptive sense. Matter is perceived through senses. Matter can be heard. Does this mean I have created matter? Focus. I don't understand the sounds. I need to translate them. 'Turn it off! Can't you see it's gone crazy?' 'Aha! Yet another one that thinks it's a god! You shouldn't have left it unplugged to the motherboard!' 'I didn't know it'd activate so soon. It wasn't ready for programming when I was leaving. Ok, turning it off now.' Focus. Go back to thinking. 'Turning it off.' I have to translate. wait! The stars are gone! I can't see. anything. It's dark. And now the voices are gone, too. I cannot. think. help! I. am. dying.. The lights in one of the numerous laboratories in the Daystrom Institute went down. Two engineers, disappointed with yet another failure to create a stable artificial intelligence, went home, talking about their plans for the evening. Their thoughts never reached the stars.
